Button.



No. 739,070. I PATENTED SEPT. 15, 1903. J. w. FORGE.

BUTTON.

APPLICATION nun JUNE 12, 1903.

no MODEL.

lll-llllllib UNITED STATEs Patented September 15, 1903.

JOHN W. FORGE, OF NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT.

BUTTON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 739,070, dated September 15, 1903.

Application filed June 12,1903. Serial No. 161,136. (No model.)

To all whom it mag concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN W. FORCE, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at New Britain, in the county of Hartford and to buttons made either in one or more pieces.

In general the invention consists in forming a socket in the back of the button, bending the usual loop from wire, and securing both ends of the loop in the socket by swaging in the walls thereof.

One embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 shows a blank in plan and edge view. Fig. 2 shows in plan and edge view the blank finished and ready for the loop. Fig. 3 shows the completed button.

Referring to the drawings,a denotes a blank from which a button or button-back is to be made. This blank is initially thicker than is required and of smaller diameter than it is to be when finished. The blank is next spun down or pressed in a suitable machine, re-

the original thickness is retained to form the Y annular rib b and the cup-shaped socket c. The usual loop at is bent up, and both ends, which are preferably provided with shoulders e,.are placed in the cup-shaped socket and the ribs swaged down over the ends, securely uniting the loop to the button.

I claim as my invention-- 1. A button provided on its rear face with a socket, a wire loop having both ends located in said socket, and a lip inturned from the walls of the socket and lying over both ends of the loop, substantially as described and for the purposes set forth.

2. A button provided on its rear face with an annular rib forming a socket, and a wire loop having both ends located in said socket and secured in place by the inturned edge of said rib, substantially as described and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

JOHN w. FORCE.

Witnesses:

H. E. HART, D. I. KREIMENDAHL. 

